New Mexico wildlife news, December 2, 2003.

WILDLIFE NEWS
New Mexico
Published by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Public Affairs Division
PO Box 25112
Santa Fe, NM 87504
( 505) 476- 8000
Dec. 2, 2003
EDITORS: Department of Game and Fish news releases and fishing reports are now available on our Web site/
Internet address: http:// www. gmfsh. state. nm. us/
- more-
PUBLIC MEETINGS SCHEDULED ON COCHITI SPILLWAY CLOSURE
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. — Two public meetings are scheduled in early December to discuss the
proposed closure of the Al Black Recreation Area at the Cochiti Dam outlet works. The Army Corps of
Engineers has scheduled the meetings for 6 p. m.– 9 p. m. Dec. 3 at the Pena Blanca Community Center, 78
Hwy. 22, Pena Blanca and Dec. 4 at the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE, Albuquer-que.
All interested parties are invited to comment at this time. The Corps is preparing an Environmental
Impact Statement for the proposed closure and will address comments received during the Draft Environ-mental
Assessment received in August 2003.
A copy of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement will be available for review beginning Feb. 1,
2004. For more information, contact Mr. Ernest Jahnke, USACE, 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE, Albuquerque,
NM 87101; ernest. w. jahnke@ usace. army. mil: or call ( 505) 342- 3416.
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HOPE ROADBLOCK NABS ELK POACHERS
ARTESIA, NM— Three Louisiana men paid a total of $ 1,995 in Eddy County Magistrate Court Nov.
17 for failure to provide proof of sex and other game law violations, following a routine roadblock investiga-tion
near Hope Nov. 16. Bobby Diddon, 66; his son, Daniel Diddon, 44; and William Chambliss, 21, all of
Kentwood, La., pleaded no contest to the charges before Judge Larry E. Wood.
Officers from New Mexico Game and Fish and local police departments found nine plastic trash bags
containing more than 200 pounds of game meat in a trailer towed by the men. The three men said they all
had killed deer but had no heads with antlers, saying they boned the meat and threw out the heads to prevent
the spread of chronic wasting disease.
Chris Larsen, Artesia district officer, cited all three men for failure to produce proof of sex and took
them to the Eddy County Detention Center in Artesia. Investigating officers seized the game meat and three
Wildlife News - 2- Dec. 2, 2003
cameras found in a search of the suspect’s vehicle.
Film taken and processed from the cameras showed Chambliss apparently cutting meat from the leg
of an elk. Other photos showed Bobby Diddon holding a skinned- out spike buck – illegal to shoot in New
Mexico. Chambliss was charged with unlawful possession of elk and Diddon was charged with unlawful
possession of deer.
Wood assessed Chambliss fines of $ 1,000 for unlawful possession of elk, $ 100 for failure to produce
proof of sex and $ 114 in court costs. Bobby Diddon was ordered to pay $ 400 for unlawful possession of
deer, $ 100 for failure to produce proof of sex and $ 114 in court costs. Daniel Diddon was assessed a $ 100
fine for failure to produce proof of sex and $ 67 in court costs. Chambliss and Bobby Diddon also face the
loss of their New Mexico hunting and fishing privileges for up to three years.
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WILDLIFE NEWS
New Mexico
Published by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Public Affairs Division
PO Box 25112
Santa Fe, NM 87504
( 505) 476- 8000
Dec. 2, 2003
EDITORS: Department of Game and Fish news releases and fishing reports are now available on our Web site/
Internet address: http:// www. gmfsh. state. nm. us/
- more-
PUBLIC MEETINGS SCHEDULED ON COCHITI SPILLWAY CLOSURE
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. — Two public meetings are scheduled in early December to discuss the
proposed closure of the Al Black Recreation Area at the Cochiti Dam outlet works. The Army Corps of
Engineers has scheduled the meetings for 6 p. m.– 9 p. m. Dec. 3 at the Pena Blanca Community Center, 78
Hwy. 22, Pena Blanca and Dec. 4 at the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE, Albuquer-que.
All interested parties are invited to comment at this time. The Corps is preparing an Environmental
Impact Statement for the proposed closure and will address comments received during the Draft Environ-mental
Assessment received in August 2003.
A copy of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement will be available for review beginning Feb. 1,
2004. For more information, contact Mr. Ernest Jahnke, USACE, 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE, Albuquerque,
NM 87101; ernest. w. jahnke@ usace. army. mil: or call ( 505) 342- 3416.
#
HOPE ROADBLOCK NABS ELK POACHERS
ARTESIA, NM— Three Louisiana men paid a total of $ 1,995 in Eddy County Magistrate Court Nov.
17 for failure to provide proof of sex and other game law violations, following a routine roadblock investiga-tion
near Hope Nov. 16. Bobby Diddon, 66; his son, Daniel Diddon, 44; and William Chambliss, 21, all of
Kentwood, La., pleaded no contest to the charges before Judge Larry E. Wood.
Officers from New Mexico Game and Fish and local police departments found nine plastic trash bags
containing more than 200 pounds of game meat in a trailer towed by the men. The three men said they all
had killed deer but had no heads with antlers, saying they boned the meat and threw out the heads to prevent
the spread of chronic wasting disease.
Chris Larsen, Artesia district officer, cited all three men for failure to produce proof of sex and took
them to the Eddy County Detention Center in Artesia. Investigating officers seized the game meat and three
Wildlife News - 2- Dec. 2, 2003
cameras found in a search of the suspect’s vehicle.
Film taken and processed from the cameras showed Chambliss apparently cutting meat from the leg
of an elk. Other photos showed Bobby Diddon holding a skinned- out spike buck – illegal to shoot in New
Mexico. Chambliss was charged with unlawful possession of elk and Diddon was charged with unlawful
possession of deer.
Wood assessed Chambliss fines of $ 1,000 for unlawful possession of elk, $ 100 for failure to produce
proof of sex and $ 114 in court costs. Bobby Diddon was ordered to pay $ 400 for unlawful possession of
deer, $ 100 for failure to produce proof of sex and $ 114 in court costs. Daniel Diddon was assessed a $ 100
fine for failure to produce proof of sex and $ 67 in court costs. Chambliss and Bobby Diddon also face the
loss of their New Mexico hunting and fishing privileges for up to three years.
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